One of the more intriguing developments following Donald Trump’s reelection as president is the announcement of and recruitment for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Helmed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the new entity has titillated supporters of smaller government.
(An irresistible aside regarding the acronym DOGE: the Doge of Venice “was the highest role of authority within the Republic of Venice… The Doge of Venice acted as both the head of state and head of the Venetian oligarchy. Doges were elected for life through a complex voting process.” It seems Mr. Musk has a taste for the wry.)
In many ways, the reaction of both the DOGE’s supporters and detractors echoes that of the Reagan administration’s 1982 Grace Commission, which was “a group of ‘outstanding experts from the private sector’ that would conduct an in-depth review of the entire Executive Branch and make recommendations for eliminating waste and inefficiency.” Hamstrung by the opposition of both the burgeoning administrative state and Congressional Democrats, the Grace Commission, at best, served as a foundation for today’s DOGE. The most critical lesson being that “reduction” is not synonymous with “reform.”
Already, the DOGE has commenced identifying egregious examples of government waste, fraud, and abuse and is compiling a list of prospective administrative state entities to downsize and/or eliminate. Such serious reductions in both the expenditures and scope of the administrative state are long past overdue, as Ned Ryun and Mark Corallo earlier averred in “Tearing the Leviathan Apart” here at American Greatness.
Yet, in the MAGA and Republican-Populist movement’s rightfully indignant ardor to tame the unelected, unaccountable administrative state that is ruling Americans as a de facto supreme fourth branch of government, the necessary reductions and eliminations will not prove sufficient for sustainable structural reform. As we have painfully learned since the Grace Commission, a revanchist, ravenous administrative state can survive and metastasize despite periodic efforts to trim its size and scope. […]
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Why One Survival Food Company Shines Above the Rest
Let’s be real. “Prepper Food” or “Survival Food” is generally awful. The vast majority of companies that push their cans, bags, or buckets desperately hope that their customers never try them and stick them in the closet or pantry instead. Why? Because if the first time they try them is after the crap hits the fan, they’ll be too shaken to call and complain about the quality.
It’s true. Most long-term storage food is made with the cheapest possible ingredients with limited taste and even less nutritional value. This is why they tout calories so much. Sure, they provide calories but does anyone really want to go into the apocalypse with food their family can’t stand?
This is what prompted the Llewellyns to launch Heaven’s Harvest. They bought survival food from multiple companies and determined they couldn’t imagine being stuck in an extended emergency with such low-quality food. They quickly discovered that freeze drying food for long-term storage doesn’t have to mean sacrificing flavor, consistency, or nutrition.
Their ingredients are all-American. In fact, they’re locally sourced and all-natural! This allows their products to be the highest quality on the market, so good that their customers often break open a bag in a pinch to eat because they want to, not just because they have to due to an emergency.
At Heaven’s Harvest, their only focus is amazing food. They don’t sell bugout bags, solar chargers, or multitools. They have one mission – feeding Americans in times of crisis.
What they DO offer is the ability for people to thrive in times of greatest need. On top of long-term storage food, they offer seeds to help Americans for the truly long-term. They want them to grow their own food if possible which is why they offer only Heirloom, Non-GMO, Non-Hybrid, Open-Pollinated seeds so their customers can build permanent food security on their own property.
